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Independent cable op consortium signs up Disney's HD channels

Served by one of the National Cable Television Cooperative's 1,100+ carriers? There may be some new high definition stations popping up in your channel lineup soon, with a new deal inked providing access to Disney's ABC Family HD, Disney Channel HD and Toon Disney HD networks, plus ESPN HD, ESPNU HD, ESPN2 HD and ESPNews HD. As always, bottlenecks like bandwidth can always be a hurdle, but with a carriage deal in place small & medium sized cable ops should have these channels up and running sooner rather than later.